Estimating soil moisture in gullies from adjacent upland measurements through different observation operators

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 486, Issue , 2013, Pages 420-429

  Gao, X ^a,b,c,d   Wu, P ^a,b,c   Zhao, X ^a,b,c   Zhou, X ^e   Zhang, B ^b,c   Shi, Y ^b,c   Wang, J ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c National Engineering Research Center for Water Saving Irrigation at Yangling   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^e IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CDF matching; Gully; Loess Plateau; Observation operator; Soil water

Indexed keywords

CDF MATCHING; GULLY; LOESS PLATEAU; OBSERVATION OPERATOR; SOIL WATER;

CATCHMENTS; ESTIMATION; SOIL MOISTURE;

LANDFORMS;

DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; GULLY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PREDICTION; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; UPLAND REGION;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 84875485191     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.02.007     Document Type: Article

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